Edgar Irmscher

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Edgar Irmscher (born August 17, 1887 in Dresden ; † May 3, 1968 in Sternenfels ) was a German botanist and professor at the University of Hamburg and the University of Hohenheim near Stuttgart. His botanical author's abbreviation is “ Irmsch. ".

Life

Irmscher studied botany in Leipzig, where he did his doctorate on mosses . In Berlin he was from 1912 to 1919 assistant to Adolf Engler at the Botanical Museum Berlin . From 1919 to 1943 he worked as a curator at the Institute for General Botany in Hamburg. He completed his habilitation in 1919 and received the title of professor in 1923. In 1933 he joined the NSDAP and in November 1933 signed the confession of the German professors to Adolf Hitler . From 1936 to 1938 Irmscher was the head of the teaching staff and leader of the Nazi Lecturer Association in Hamburg. From November 1936 to November 1938 he was the Gaudozentenbundführer of Hamburg, but had to resign after disputes with Gauleiter Karl Kaufmann . In 1943 he was offered a position at the Hohenheim Agricultural University , where he taught until 1959. He presented his research on mosses in connection with the continental drift theory of Alfred Wegener .

He has made a name for himself as a specialist in begonias : Begonia irmscheri L.B.Sm. & BGSchub. (Section Semibegoniella )

Fonts

  • Plant distribution and development of the continents : I.-II. Part, 1922/1930

literature

  • Jan-Peter Frahm, Jens Eggers: Lexicon of German-speaking bryologists , Volume 1, BoD Norderstedt 2001, p. 216.
  • Michael Grüttner : Biographical Lexicon on National Socialist Science Policy (= Studies on Science and University History. Volume 6). Synchron, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-935025-68-8 , pp. 81-82.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Grüttner : Biographical Lexicon for National Socialist Science Policy (= Studies on Science and University History. Volume 6). Synchron, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-935025-68-8 , pp. 81-82.

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personal data
SURNAME Irmscher, Edgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1968
Place of death Star Rock